Thin runproof garter hook



March 9, 1937; FELIN 2,073,366

THIN RimPRooF GARTER HOOK Filed Nov. 30, 1935 I i/l ama,"

Patented Mar. 9, 1937 Anton Felin, Newark, N. J. Application November 30, 1935, Serial No. 52,315

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in garter hooks and the like for supporting garments,

stockings, etc. The garter as a means of supporting clothing has been known for a very long 5 time. It originated as a simple band around the leg and was in modern times improved with mechanical clasps and hooks for quick fastening and unfastening. Through many changes the garter hook as commonly used at present was finally 10 developed in the form of a button member on one side and a loop or hook member on the other side of the garment to be supported. With the increasing use of silk hose, however, the button member often became undesirable due to its tend- 15 enoy to tear the supported material and thus,

for instance, produce a run. Due to itsrequired length and bulkiness it is furthermore objectionable as it is uncomfortable when the person wearing the garter is in a sitting position, the button will also be visible as a lump through thin outer garments. The reason why runs are produced in thin silk stockings being that said objectionable button member grips the fabric at two points very close together and thus strains are produced 25 sufiicient to break the threads.

To eliminate the objectionable features of the button member various attempts have been made with different types of fastening members, see U. S. Patents Nos. 720,742; 738,775; 1,197,878 and 30 also British Patent No. 24,864. All these show wedge shaped fastening members with a corresponding sheath or socket similar in form, but not in construction, to that disclosed in the present application. All these patents, however, have 35 wedge members of various types which all will lock and tear the hose. There is further the fundamental difference that these known garter hooks all have the wedge member in front leaving a metallic surface in the rear which may 40 touch the skin of the wearer. All these objections have been eliminated in the present invention in that the relative position of the wedge and sheath has been reversed. Furthermore the present invention discloses a new and improved meth- 45 0d of flexibly connectingthe wedge and sheath members. Through this new construction the metallic surfaces of the sheath are furthermore covered by the connecting strap. In modern quantity production the practicability of the 50 article stands or falls on the latter item alone.

The objects of the present invention are therefore: First--to provide a garter hook which will grip the fabric over a relatively large surface, thus preventing runs; second-to provide a gar- 55 ter hook which is thin and comfortable to wear,

of my invention will be evident from the follow-' ing specification and claims.

I attain these objects by means as illustrated in the drawing where:

'Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of the sheath or socket member.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the wedge member.

Fig. 3 shows a front elevation of the assembled garter hook in operable engagement with the supported hose.

Fig. 4 is an expanded section taken along line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the garter hook assembled, but with the wedge removed from the sheath.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

Referring to Fig. 1 the sheath member It! is a metallic punching having two cars l l bent over to form a downward converging sheath. At the upper end of said sheath member I 0 there is a transverse slot l2 for the main supporting strap i3, see Figures 3 and 4. Other transverse slots I4, I5 and IS in said sheath member ID are provided for the connecting straps l1 and I 8 shown in Figures 4 and 5.

The wedge member I9 is made of fibrous material and has a downwardly converging wedge shape with a transverse slot 20 for said connecting straps l1 and I8 at its upper end. In Figures 3 and 4 is indicated how a section of the hose 2! is placed between the wedge member and the sheath member, the wedge being pressed into the soft material while the sheath is drawn upwardly over the wedge and enclosing the material in a tight grip.

In Figures 4 and 5 is shown how the connecting straps, or wedge supporting straps, I7 and I8 are placed in relation to members H! and I9. The upper strap ll terminates at the hole 20 of wedge member l9 and continues from there through slot M in member ID to slot IS in the same member. From transverse slot |6 the same strap continues on the inside of member ID to slot 15, passing out through this slot and returning as strap l8 through slot 14 to slot 20 in member l9. The strap l8 next goes through slot 20 and terminates in the wedge release strap 22. A seam 23 joins straps l1, l8 and 22 at the top end of wedge member l9. Through this arrangement parts of straps I1 and I8 one piece of webbing and member l9 and finally a wedge releasing strap 22. This being particularly important for the low cost manufacture of the article.

The operation of my invention is simple and evident from the foregoing description. As indicated in the several figures the material to be supported 2| is wedged between members I!) and IS in a manner to give support over a relatively large surface, thus preventing runs. The member l9 as shown in Fig. 2 is of a particularly suitable rounded shape to prevent tearing of the supported fabric. Said member l9 being inserted in the sheath formed by ears H] of member In, the downwardly converging wedge shape of both sheath and wedge insuring a good grip. The release of the wedge is effected by pulling strap 22.

It will be seen that there has been provided. a simple, inexpensive, dependable and yet uniquely formed thin run-proof garter hook, generally of a novel and valuable type, and well calculated to attain the various objects and advantages of the invention. While various particulars of description, as to materials, parts and shapings and connections and relations of parts have been hereinabove detailed, this has been done in aid of disclosing as clearly as possible an embodiment of the invention as now preferred; and it is to be understood that these can be varied within the appended claims which define the scope of protection contemplated.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter Patent of the United States:

1. In a garter hook the combination of a front sheath member having four transverse slots and having its lower opposite longitudinal edges projecting inward to form a sheath receptacle of downwardly converging wedge form, a hose supporting strap placed through the topmost of said transverse slots; a wedge member of fibrous material having a transverse slot at the upper end of a downwardly converging wedge shaped tongue; a double wedge-member supporting strap both webs of which extend through the second topmost transverse slot of said sheath member, the loop of said wedge member supporting strap extending with one web inwardly through each of the remaining two transverse slots in said sheath member.

2. In a garter hook the combination of a front sheath member having four transverse slots and having its lower opposite longitudinal edges projecting inward. to form a sheath receptacle of downwardly converging wedge form, a hose supporting strap placed through the topmost of said transverse slots; a wedge member of fibrous material having a transverse slot at the upper end; a double wedge member supporting strap both webs of which extend through the second topmost transverse slot of said sheath member, the loop of said wedge member supporting strap extending with one web inwardly through each of the remaining two transverse slots in said sheath member; a wedge releasing strap formed of one end of said double wedge member supporting strap, said wedge releasing strap being pulled through the transverse slot of said wedge, the other end of said double wedge member supporting strap extending to the upper end of said wedge and being joined there with one seam to said wedge releasing strap and to the other web of the same strap.

ANTON FELIN. 

